A multi-technique approach to unveil the redox behaviour and potentiality of homoleptic Cu<sup>I</sup> complexes based on substituted bipyridine ligands in oxygenation reactions
Barbara Centrella, Gabriele Deplano, Alessandro Damin, Matteo Signorile, Mariagrazia Tortora, Claudia Barolo, Matteo Bonomo, Silvia Bordiga
Abstract
The reaction of Cu I (bpy) 2 complexes with tBuOOH was followed by a multi-technique approach (DFT-supported lab-scale or synchrotron spectroscopies and electrochemistry). The findings evidence the formation of a Cu II OH species as reactive intermediate.
Topics & Concepts
HomolepticRedoxChemistryElectrochemistrySynchrotronBipyridineInorganic chemistryPhotochemistryPhysical chemistryCrystallographyOrganic chemistryElectrodeMetalPhysicsCrystal structureNuclear physicsOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsMetal-Catalyzed Oxygenation MechanismsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry